Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?
In the tradition of Abe Vigoda Status and Is Twitter Down?:
Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?
You’ll be happy to know that:
Congratulations. You’re still alive.
The DNC and RNC in 90 seconds apiece
Missed the Democratic National Convention? How about the Republican National Convention?
Have no fear! Kevin Allocca at 23/6 Comedy News (“Some of the news, most of the time”) pares down each convention to its core essence.
First, the DNC video [1:37]:
And now, the RNC video [1:38]:
via Mark Evanier
Still alive
Yeah, it’s been a while.
I am, in fact, still alive. I just haven’t been blogging.
Obviously.
But I’ll be resuming posting shortly.
For now, enjoy the fresh coat of paint that comes with a new blog template. It’s just a start; I’ll probably be continuing to modify it.
Or starting over with another brand new template.
‘Cause I do things like that.
Whee!
On that note, here’s Jonathan Coulton’s “Still Alive” from the video game Portal.
[audio:Portal-Still_Alive.mp3]
I pity the fool that don’t play World of Warcraft
“Maybe Mr. T is pretty handy with computers. Had that occurred to you, Mr. Condescending Director?”
Video @ GameVideos.com, via Wired’s Game | Life. Author Susan Arendt describes this as “the single greatest videogame advertisement ever created.” I can only agree.
Is Halo 3 the second coming? Probably not.
This review of Halo 3 is chock full of win.
Video @ The Escapist: Zero Punctuation reviews Halo 3
Senator sues God. No, really.
Umm….
Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers filed suit against God Friday, asking a court to order the Almighty and his followers to stop making terrorist threats.
Nebraska: Big with the Wacky.
The suit accuses God of having his chroniclers “disseminate in written form, said admissions, throughout the Earth in order to inspire fear, dread, anxiety, terror and uncertainty, in order to coerce obedience to Defendant’s will.”
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The lawsuit indicates that Chambers attempted to make God appear in order to serve him by saying “Come out, come out, wherever you are,” but the Almighty declined, like many defendants, to make it easy for a plaintiff to serve him with court papers.
WTF?
Chambers filed the suit to make a point that the state constitution allows lawsuits to be filed for any reason, according to WOWT.
O RLY?
The full story’s over at Wired.
Schadenfreude
Teh Awesome is strong in this one.
Chad Jones at Theater Dogs points us to what is my favorite YouTube mashup of the year:
“If You Were Gay” from Avenue Q
plus
“I Am Not Gay!” from Sen. Larry Craig:
YouTube vid: If Larry Craig were Gay
[via Valli « via Theater Dogs]
Internet commenter business meeting
…including what is, I think, the ideal use-case for a captcha.
Video @ CollegeHumor (NSFW: language)
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Anyone want to buy my extra copy of B5:TLT?
I somehow preordered an extra copy of the brand-new, direct-to-DVD movie Babylon 5 – The Lost Tales.
So… would anyone like to buy the extra copy from me ($15.99) instead of having me return it to Amazon?